Man struck by Metra train died in suicide

An Evanston man killed Friday afternoon when he was struck by a commuter train near Metra's Wilmette station died in a suicide, the Cook County medical examiner determined today.

The man, 76, died from multiple injuries suffered when the train struck him in a suicide, the medical examiner's office ruled today.

The accident happened on the Union Pacific-North Line and involved train No. 335, which had left Evanston's Davis Street station at 4:33 p.m. Friday when it struck the pedestrian, said Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile.

The incident caused train schedules to be pushed back between an hour and a half to two hours, Reile said.